Francis Ford Coppola has dreamed of constructing his sci-fi drama Megalopolis for many years, going again to the ‘80s, and now he’s really doing it—even when he has to pay for it himself and even when it turns into an alleged behind-the-scenes catastrophe (he and among the solid have denied that, with Adam Driver particularly having nothing however good issues to say concerning the expertise). But the precise film isn’t the one a part of the Megalopolis expanded universe that Coppola has within the works. As revealed on a latest Instagram put up, there may also be a behind-the-scenes documentary from filmmaker Mike Figgis, a tie-in graphic novel from Chris Ryall (former Chief Creative Officer of IDW Publishing), and—curiously—a novelization from writer Colleen McCullough, whose Masters Of Rome books impressed Coppola’s movie.
McCullough died in 2015, however within the physique of the particular put up, Coppola is extra thinking about explaining what a novelization is somewhat than explaining McCullough’s involvement:
Novelizations are, in essence, book-length descriptions of flicks, sometimes written not by the writer of the screenplay. They are the exact opposite of the extra acquainted apply of turning a e book right into a film.
Fascinating! Even although all of us already knew that! You should scroll by the feedback to see Coppola clarify what the heck he’s speaking about with McCullough, however the reply is fairly easy: She wrote the novelization “years in the past.” As in, earlier than her loss of life. As in, earlier than Coppola really began to noticeably make the movie. That’s how severe he’s about this factor, and now, by the point it comes out, the lady who wrote the novelization can have been lifeless for nearly 10 years. That behind-the-scenes documentary goes to be one thing, proper? Imagine the scene the place Francis Ford Coppola logs onto Instagram to inform folks that Colleen McCullough is writing the novelization just for folks to level out that she died. It’s gonna be superior.
Megalopolis takes place in some kind of alternate New York that’s impressed by the Roman empire, and its whiplash-inducing solid consists of Driver, Forest Whitaker, Nathalie Emmanuel, Laurence Fishburne, Jon Voight, Aubrey Plaza, Jason Schwartzman, Shia LaBeouf, Dustin Hoffman, Giancarlo Esposito, Chloe Fineman, and Talia Shire. Again: Behind! The! Scenes! Documentary!
